Babies have an innate preference for sweet tastes. Because breast and bottle feeding already have a sweet taste, it is better to start with vegetable snacks instead of starting with fruit snacks. This increases the chance that your child will eat more vegetables later. That already sounds good, right?

The sooner the better is not entirely true in this case. As mentioned, it is not recommended to start giving snacks earlier than four months, because the intestines are not yet ready for solid food. Whether your baby is ready for the first bite not only depends on how old the baby is, it is also important that your child can sit upright with help. And then the last question is whether your mini is looking forward to it. New flavors can be unfamiliar and the following applies: patience!

Making your own fruit and vegetable snacks is the freshest and cheapest option. You can keep some of the vegetables from your own meal aside and cook them (without salt or other additives) in some water and then puree them. Or cook a large amount of fruit and vegetable snacks at once and freeze them as ice cubes. All you have to do is thaw it and you're done!

The well-known ready-made pots have been created for mothers and fathers with less time, patience or cooking talent. Although you may expect that these jars are all equally healthy and pure, this is not always the case. For example, fruit juice is sometimes added to vegetable snacks to sweeten the taste. BUT! Please note that very strict requirements are imposed on baby food. For example, fruit and vegetables may not be grown near a highway or highway and most brands do not contain any additives: pure fruit or vegetables are is. How does it keep for so long? That's an age-old trick: wake up! The jars are closed based on the preserving principle and therefore do not require well-known storage numbers.